Washing-machine



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Patented Apr. 11, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEioE..

FRANK J. COON AND MEAD COON, OF WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,30*?, dated April 11, 1893.

Application tiled March 2, Serial No. 423,521. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, FRANKJ. CooN and MEAD C. COON, of Walla Walla, in the county of Walla Valla and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatos generally to washin g machines, and particularly to that class thereof known as rocking body machines in which the clothes to be washed are arranged in asuitable receptacle capable of being rocked back and forth, whereby the air and water within this receptacle, are forced through the clothes in alternately opposite directions, thoroughly cleansing the clothes Without rubbing or abrasion.

The objects of our invention are, first, to provide a machine of this class, in which the clothes receptacle is constructed withaseries of downwardly inclined shelves at its opposite ends, said shelves forming a series of pockets or chambers, adapted to operate as hereinafter described; secondly, to provide an improved construction of stationary base, and novel means of connecting said base and suds box and finally, to provide a novel form of cover which permits the ingress and egress of air, but prevents the escape of water as the box is rocked in cleaning the clothes.

With these various objects in view our invention consists in the details of construction, and combination or arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed, whereby they are all accomplished.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification and in which the same numerals of reference indicate the same parts, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 Fig. l. Fig.3 isa bottom plan view partly broken away, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of cover.

In carrying out our inventiomwe employ the suds box or receptacle 10 essentially cubical in shape and having the rockers 11-11 attached to the lower portion of the same, upon which the Vsuds box is rocked back and forth by means of a hand lever 12 rigidly secured to the box 10. Downwardly inclined shelves or partitions 13-18 are arranged at opposite ends of the suds box 10 extending transversely across the same thereby providing a series of `pockets or chambers 14-14, and it will be noticed that each shelf or partition is arranged at a greater angle than the shelf below it, whereby the entrance to the pocket or chamber is contracted while the back of the same is enlarged or expanded, and it Will also be noticed that the entrance to the pockets will be brought near the bottom, and, center of the box. A horizontal shelf 15 is arranged above each series of inclined shelves or partitions 13, and at each end of the box are secured the stationary covering boards 16-16 which partially cover the suds box, leaving a central opening 17 through which the clothes are placed and Withdrawn. This central opening 17 is normally closed by a detachable cover 18. The cover 18 is of` peculiar and novel construction intended to permit the passage of air to and from the suds box, butprevents the escape of Water, and to this end, it consists of an upper perforated board 18"L alower imperforate board 18lo and the spacingpieces 180, arranged between the upper and lower boards, whereby a space is provided which al-V lows air to passto and from the interiorof the suds box, but prevents the water escaping, as that strikes against the lower imperforate board and is deflected into the box. A transverse beam 19 is secured at one side of the opening 17, for the purpose of attaching a wringer, whereby the clothes couldbe wrung as they are withdrawn from the machine, the water running back into the suds box.

While our improved machine could rest and be rocked upon the ground or floor, we have provided a novel form of base which supports the box having rockers and stationary guides, and insures the movements of the same. This stationary frame is composed of the side beams 2O upon which the rockers rest, and the endbeams 21 which unite the side beams and hold them in place. Each side beam 20 has a vertically projecting flange 20L produced upon its upper face, said flanges contacting with the innerfaces ofpthe'rockers, whereby the machine is made to rock in a straight line; and to prevent the machine working back and forth upon the frame, we connect the saidf'box and frame by means of the spiral springs 22, the upper ends of which are connected to the bottom of the box, while the IDO lower ends are attached to the side beams of the frame, and it Will be noticed that these springs are not in transverse alignment, but arranged upon opposite sides of the transverse center of the box, whereby the operation of the box is rendered lighter and easier.

In operation,a requisite amount of Water is placed in the suds box, the clothes inserted, and the detachable cover arranged to cover the central opening. The box is now rocked back and forth upon the baseby means of the hand lever, and during this operation, the Water and clothes are thrown alternately from one side of the box to the other. Now asihe Water and clothes move to one side of the box, the pockets upon the opposite side are emptied of Water, and iill with air. When the motion of the box is reversed, the clothes are thrown to the opposite side, covering the entrances to the pockets which now contain air. The water now passes through the clothes bunched in front of the pockets, and into said pockets; the air that lled them, being forced out through the clothes, thus forcing air and Water through the clothes at the same time, whereby they are thoroughly cleansed without rubbing or abrasion.

Having thus described our invention,what We claim as new is- In a Washing machine, the combination with a rocking suds box having a dat bottom and straight sides and ends, of the inclined end shelves projecting toward the center and bottom of the box and providingaseries of pockets having contracted mouths, the horizontal shelves above the inclined shelves and a detachabl'en cover provided with an air inlet, adapted to prevent the escape ot" Water, substantially as and for the purposes described.

p F. J. COON. M. C. COON;

Witnesses:

DAN. T. JONES, EUGENE A. EDMIsToN. 

